Episode 51: Android 8.1, Xamarin Device Manager, and Visual Studio versions 15.5 & 15.6

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce Boggan and James Montemagno cover Android 8.1, the new Xamarin Device Manager Preview, what’s new for mobile developers in Visual Studio versions 15.5/15.6, and share their favorite Xamarin moments from 2017. 4:45 Android 8.1 (API 27) now available to developers 5:15 Try the new Xamarin Android Device Manager preview 12:15 Updates to the iOS storyboard designer 14:05 Automatic iOS app provisioning 16:00 CoreML programming with Xamarin.Mac and F# 17:20 Top 12 blog.xamarin.com posts of 2017 23:00 SmartHotel360 - New reference mobile app built with Xamarin.Forms 24:00 New Webinar - Visual Studio App Center 25:30 Visual Studio version 15.5 is now in stable channels 29:00 Visual Studio version 15.6 is now in preview 34:20 Pick of the Week Show Links: Xamarin.Android Support for Android 8.1 (https://blog.xamarin.com/xamarin-android-now-double-stuffed-with-oreo-8-1/) Xamarin Device Manager Preview (https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/android/getting_started/installation/android-emulator/xamarin-device-manager/) Updates to the Xamarin.iOS designer (https://blog.xamarin.com/updates-xamarin-ios-designer/) Automatic iOS app provisioning with fastlane (https://blog.xamarin.com/even-easier-ios-app-provisioning-visual-studio-mac/) CoreML Programming with Xamarin.Mac & F# (https://blog.xamarin.com/coreml-programming-xamarin-mac-f/) Top 12 Blogs of 2017 (https://blog.xamarin.com/top-12-xamarin-blog-posts-2017/) The Xamarin Show: Getting Started with MVVM (https://blog.xamarin.com/the-xamarin-show-getting-started-with-mvvm/) Introducing the SmartHotel360 Reference Apps (https://blog.xamarin.com/introducing-smarthotel360-reference-mobile-apps/) Webinar: Visual Studio App Center (https://blog.xamarin.com/upcoming-webinar-xamarin-university-presents-ship-better-apps-visual-studio-app-center/) See what's new in Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5 (https://blog.xamarin.com/whats-new-visual-studio-2017-version-15-5/) Visual Studio 2017 version 15.6 Preview (https://blog.xamarin.com/visual-studio-2017-version-15-6-preview-available-today/) VSTS Mobile Build Tasks Extension (https://montemagno.com/introducing-vsts-mobile-build-tasks-extension/) Xamarin.Forms Video Player (https://blog.xamarin.com/delivering-rich-media-experiences-xamarin-forms-video-player/) Media Manager Plugin for Xamarin (https://blog.xamarin.com/play-audio-and-video-with-the-mediamanager-plugin-for-xamarin/) Media Plugin for Xamarin & Windows (https://blog.xamarin.com/getting-started-with-the-media-plugin-for-xamarin/) Follow Us: James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (http://motzcod.es/), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) Pierce: Twitter (https://twitter.com/pierceboggan), GitHub (https://github.com/pierceboggan) Subscribe: iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/xamarin-podcast/id691368176?mt=2) Google Play Music (https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ifcss44ww5lc375esulsuettsey) [Overcast](https://overcast.fm/itun